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What is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating needles into specific points on the body. These lie on 'chi meriridans', lines of energy flowing through the body from specific organs. Acupuncture aims to disrupt blockages of chi energy that accumulate in these points to improve health. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons had & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons had # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 67 19
General health 57 10
Slow my ALS progress 45 2
Other 35 7
Fatigue 23 5
Treat Parkinson's 20 4

See all 228 patients currently having Acupuncture


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 4%
Moderate
3 6%
Mild
12 22%
None
37 69%

Most commonly reported side effects

things sometimes get worse before they get better
6 11%
Fatigue
4 7%
worsening of symptoms
4 7%
some pain at needle site
3 6%
slight headache for about an hour
2 4%
back cramps
2 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
32 59%
Usually
14 26%
Sometimes
4 7%
Never
4 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
3 6%
Somewhat
14 26%
A little
17 31%
Not at all
20 37%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
16 30%
$100-199
10 19%
$50-99
10 19%
$25-49
1 2%
< $25
7 13%

Report created on November 20, 2009.